Poverty Rate in Aiken County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
14.3%
Rank #1,824/3,222 · #12 in SC
43th
Aiken 14.3%
SC 14.1% +1.9%
US 12.6% +13.8%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Aiken County's poverty rate of 14.3% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Aiken County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,821 | Crawford County, PA | 14.3% |
| #1,822 | Chatham County, GA | 14.3% |
| #1,823 | Morgan County, CO | 14.3% |
| #1,824 | Aiken County, SC | 14.3% |
| #1,825 | Beauregard Parish, LA | 14.3% |
| #1,826 | Cumberland County, TN | 14.4% |
| #1,827 | Lackawanna County, PA | 14.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Aiken County, South Carolina has a poverty rate of 14.3%, ranking #1,824 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 13.8% above the national value of 12.6%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #12 of 46. This places it in the 43th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.